Coolant Reservoir bottom neck broken

Huw Powell audi at mediaone.net
Fri May 18 05:29:46 EDT 2001


Scott Miller wrote:
> 
> I had enough neck left to slide the clamp up when the infamous radiator neck
> broke, but not this time.  The neck on the bottom of the coolant reservoir
> broke off flush with the reservoir.  There's a stainless sleeve in the
> broken end. It stuck out past the end of the plastic stump about 1/4 inch.
> If it had been fully in the neck it would've prevented this break.  I've
> shoved it back in and a little more, so it will greatly help gluing the
> thing back together, and strengthen the joint.  I'm planning to use
> superglue, and two-step epoxy around the joint.  Any BTDT?

Why not just buy a nice new one?  try the Parts Connection, price
shouldn't be too bad.

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Huw Powell

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